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The Republic of Paraguay is in Crisis – To National and International Public Opinion

28 Jun, 2012

The Republic of Paraguay is in crisis. The institutional breakdown caused by the National Congress through a parliamentary coup, broke the democratic process that the people voted and elected in 2008. We believe that this attack against the legitimate government of Paraguay, elected at the polls, besides being a terrible reversal of democracy that affects all citizens Paraguayan democracy seriously threatens the entire region, as it stands as a destabilizing element for all of Latin America.

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Media Release: Forest campaigners welcome opposition to REDD+ and other market-based approaches at Rio+20

21 Jun, 2012

Rio de Janeiro– While sharing the view of other civil society groups that the outcomes of Rio+20 will contribute little to addressing the multiple crises humanity is facing today, the Global…

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GFC Events in RIO+20

11 Jun, 2012

The Global Forest Coalition invites you to participate in the events we and our member groups are co-organizing during the Earth Summit-Rio+20 and the People’s Summit taking place in Rio…

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Activist Sandra Viviana Cuellar – One Year after her Disappearance in Cali, Colombia

17 Feb, 2012

One year ago, on February 17th, 2011 Sandra Viviana Cuellar Gallego a 26-year-old environmental engineer and activist from Cali, Colombia disappeared. At the time of her disappearance, Sandra was on…

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Global Forest Coalition’s Annual Report 2010

20 Aug, 2011

    The Global Forest Coalition proudly presents its annual report for the year 2010.

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Media release: Earth Day – European environmentalists support Italian environmental group targeted by paper industry

25 Apr, 2011

More than 50 environmental organizations – European, international and Indonesian – sign statement in support of the NGO Terra!, targeted by the Italian paper company Cartiere Pigna.   (London/Rome, April…

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Victory for Developing countries over Northern business interests

9 Nov, 2010

Biodiversity Summit Adopts Binding Decisions Against Biopiracy and Geo-engineering 1 November 2010 –  The Global Forest Coalition [1] and many other organizations congratulate Southern countries on their success in reaching…

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